It's the Rheo Thing: Comparing Burger Chains and Oil Companies

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Comparing Burger Chains and Oil Companies

According to QSRmagazine.com, the top burger chains in the US are

McDonalds
Burger King
Wendy's
Sonic
Jack in the Box
Dairy Queen
Hardee's
Carls Jr.
Whataburger
Steak and Shake
Five Guys
Culver's
Checkers/Rally's
White Castle
In-and-Out
Krystal

I haven't eaten at all these chains as some of them are limited to certain portions of the country. But Krystal? I've never even heard of them.

According to Petrostrategies.org, the largest oil and gas companies in the world by reserves are

Saudi Aramco
National Iranian Oil Company
Qatar General Petroleum Corporation
Iraq National Oil Company
Petroleos de Venezuela
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company
Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Nigerian National Petroleum Company
National Oil Company of Libya
Sonatrach (Algeria)
Gazprom
Rosneft
Petrochina
Petronas
Lukoil
Egyptian General Petroleum
ExxonMobil

So the next time you are tempted to think of ExxonMobil as this HUGE company that has incredible influence and is leading us down an irreversible the path of petroleum dependency, climate change and pollution, and away from renewable energy and a green, sustainable future, think again. They are the equivalent to a burger chain that is smaller than Krystal. If the Krystal chain disappeared tomorrow, I wouldn't notice at all. If ExxonMobil disappeared tomorrow, would it really change anything? Nope.